tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478390955924012299.post5747150269281098719..comments2016-08-10T11:39:16.568-05:00Comments on Truth, Beauty, and BLTs: A Nasty Case of Fiery SerpentsBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01265266262325706820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478390955924012299.post-8531238243900068922015-11-20T16:02:03.943-06:002015-11-20T16:02:03.943-06:00How in the world did you never publish this? It&#...How in the world did you never publish this? It&#39;s brilliant and exactly what I need to hear right now. I will not tell you how many of those questions had &quot;yes&quot; answers, but there were more than 5. <br /><br />I am trying out the gratitude principle on myself this month. At the end of October I taught a lesson on fasting (which I suck at, by the way), and challenged the sisters in RS to fast with a purpose, prayer, etc. the next Sunday. I normally don&#39;t fast very often since I get really sick when I miss meals, but I decided I should participate since I was the one who extended the challenge. Sunday rolled around and I prayed and gave HF my purpose and begged to not get sick this time. I still got sick. But I also got an answer to my question so it was worth it, I think. My answer was to focus more on gratitude, which I thought was appropriate for this month. I decided I needed to find things to be thankful for and find ways to show my gratitude. Acting on this answer has been harder than I thought it would be, though. Not the doing part, but the thinking part. Saying I&#39;m grateful for something or packing up a bag of food from the pantry to give to the food drive is easy, but kind of unfulfilling since it doesn&#39;t require much thought. I need to find a way to dig deeper into this challenge HF has given me as a step towards solving my own problems and healing myself. This post has given me more pieces to the puzzle, so thank you for sharing it. I love your guts. <br />Wendy Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08822168516564135791noreply@blogger.com